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8.23.2009

What Ever Happened To...

Getting to know someone over dinner/coffee/the phone?

It seems like every time I hear about people meeting each other and exchanging info that 'info' consists of Facebook, MySpace and whatever other profiles and addresses people collect these days. Does anyone else long for the days where getting to know each other didn't involve some form of internet stalking, I mean "friendship", but rather actual face-to-face (or at least phone-to-phone) communication? Where's the fun in hanging out and getting to know someone when you're already following them and their mother on Twitter?

6 comments:

Well, what can you do? You have so many websites that are in, where a young person must be like FB, MySpace, Twitter, a blog and like 100s of other sites. It has it's pros and cons. As for the oldtime courtship, it didn't work a lot of time for me in the past. I feel like people get to know me better when they read my blog. Before you saw a person, you had no clue what kind of character they are, if they are single, if they are looking for someone... I know so many people who met online and married, because you really can do a thorough research before you give your heart away. That's how it is 2009. Every generation has it's own way of courting.

I miss the old fashioned dating also! Actually, I think that FB and myspace and all that other junk hurts relationships more than helps them, especially in the early stages. That internet stalking can lead to jealousy and temptation.

It seems like people rely on the social networking sites to take the guess work and akward situations out of dating. It's like skipping straight to the third date. Though this might improve chances for the connection to be made, I'm a firm believer in big risk, big reward. I'll admit that point of view can have it's downside, but then again, so can being stuck in a mediocre relationship...